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THE ANGLER’S WORKSHOP 
Rodmaking for Beginners 
By PERRY D. FRAZER 
A UNIQUE work, bringing the science of rodmaking up to the very moment and 
epitomizing the knowledge and experience of experts for the guidance of the 
average man. The evolution of bait-casting principles has made Mr. Frazer’s book 
supersede all previous publications on the subject. 
Every angler—young or old—who is fond of adapting his rods and tackle to his own 
ideas of what they should be, will find in this book a large fund of information gathered 
by the author in years of study, experiment and practical experience in fishing, tournament 
casting and at the work bench. He theorizes sad speculates not at all. He tells “the 
how” of everything connected with rodmaking in a way that makes results certain. All 
explanations are simple and easily followed. 
Separate chapters are devoted to each of a half dozen types of bait-casting rods; to 
tarpon, surf and light salt water rods; bass and tirout, salmon and tournament fly-rods. 
Complete specifications of well known types are given, and the chapter on split bamboo 
rodmaking is the most comprehensive treatise on the subject ever published. Indispen¬ 
sable in the angler’s library. 
Cloth, 180 pages, four full-page illustrations, 60 working drawings, making plain every 
feature of the text. Postpaid, $ 1 . 
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RAW deerskins! 
Replying to inquiries relative to the pur¬ 
chase of raw deerskins in Cochin China, Con¬ 
sul Jacob E. Conner writes the Bureau of Com¬ 
merce and Labor from Saigon as follows; 
“The export statistics for Saigon in 1906 give 
the value of ‘skins of animals, untanned, fresh 
or dried, deer and sheep hides,’ at about $59,280. 
As sheep do not thrive here and deer are rather 
abundant, the sum named was largely for the 
latter. One firm reported having shipped as 
many as 15,000 in one year and another twice 
as many. The average weight of the skins is 
about 4 kilos, or 8.8 pounds apiece. The price, 
including export duty f. o. b. Saigon, is 50 
piasters per 100 kilos, or $24 per 220.5 pounds, 
approximately 10 cents per pound, or 88 cents 
per skin. The skins are prepared by dipping 
them in an arsenical bath and drying them in 
the sun. Practically all of the shipments for 
1906 were to Hongkong or to France.” 
Responding to a San Francisco inquiry re¬ 
garding deerskins in Honduras, Consul William 
E. Alger writes from Tegucigalpa: 
“During 1905 exports from Amapala to the 
United States were 24,000 pounds; 1906, 33,000 
pounds; and 1907, 30,000 pounds. A deerskin 
dry weighs about 3 pounds. They are simply 
dried, not salted. All deerskins are sent on 
consignment to commission merchants in New 
York and sold for account of shipper, so that 
the price here depends on what can be ob¬ 
tained in New York, less charges.” 
Consul-General Jay White, of Bogota, reports 
that according to the latest available Colombian 
statistics—for 1905—39,729 pounds of raw deer¬ 
skins valued at $2,428 were exported from 
Colombian ports. The share going to the 
United States was 18,944 pounds. 
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